Behavioral and Environmental Interventions for Reducing Motor Vehicle Trauma

Robertson, L.

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“…That is, they have been designed to modify individuals' health habits and life-styles (e.g., exercise and dietary regimens) rather than to provide environmental resources and interventions that promote enhanced well-being among occupants of an area (e.g., installation of improved venti-lation systems to enhance indoor air quality, design of safe stairways to reduce falls and injuries, and provision of physical fitness facilities at the workplace). Much recent research suggests the potential value of environmental interventions as an adjunct to behaviorally oriented health promotion programs (e.g., Archea, 1985;Archea & Connell, 1986;Green & Kreuter, 1990;Greenberg, 1986;Hedge, 1989;Karasek & Theorell, 1990;Lawrence, 1990;Mendell & Smith, 1990;Robertson, 1986;Syme, 1990;Williams, 1982;Winett et al, 1989).…”

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Establishing and maintaining healthy environments: Toward a social ecology of health promotion.

Stokols¹

1992

American Psychologist

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Establishing and maintaining healthy environments: Toward a social ecology of health promotion.

Stokols¹

1992

American Psychologist

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“…A developmental perspective suggests other means of segmenting populations and better positioning, targeting, and distributing interventions, including considering the cognitive and social abilities of children, planning product offerings to fit needs at important milestones (e.g., a move to a new school, the birth of a child, or retirement), and assessing how products can be redesigned and offered at appropriate times and settings (place) for people at different developmental points (Weissberg & Elias, 1993). A developmental perspective also involves a careful examination of how settings can be modified through the consideration of public health measures and through ecological theory to benefit particular population segments (Robertson, 1986; Stokols, 1992; Winett & Anderson, 1994). Thus the term developmental–ecological perspective is used (Winett, King, & Altman, 1991).…”

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A framework for health promotion and disease prevention programs.

Winett¹

1995

American Psychologist

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There is a disquieting sense that many theoretically based health behavior change programs have been only minimally effective. Part of the problem may be that most current theories have considerable overlap, primarily focus on intraindividual and other individual-level variables, and tend to neglect the environment and issues related to program implementation. A framework is developed for health promotion and disease prevention programs that makes use of epidemiological and health indicator data and Healthy People 2000 goals to prioritize efforts, provides a schema to formulate programs on the basis of timing (prevention) and level of intervention, and addresses the marketing approach to target and implement programs. The framework integrates current theories to guide marketing and phases of research. Cheryl B. Travis served as action editor for this article. Work on this article was partially supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the American Cancer Society. Special thanks go to Deborah Tate and Robert Stephens for their feedback and comments on drafts of the article.

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“…One dear exception is cigarette smoking (Kuller et al, 1982), with others in the area of injury control (e.g., Robertson, 1986). Although there is some disagreement in the field, epidemiological evidence linking dietary factors (total fat, saturated fat), high blood cholesterol, and coronary heart disease appear to fulfill dosely the six criteria for establishing a relationship between a risk factor and a disease (Kwiterovich, 1989;Trevisan et al, 1990).…”

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Extending the Concept of Social Validity: Behavior Analysis for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

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1991

J of App Behav Analysis

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A broader definition of social validity is proposed wherein a socially valid behavior-change intervention is directed to a problem of verifiable importance, the intervention is valued and used appropriately by designated target groups, and the intervention as used has sufficient behavioral impact to substantially reduce the probability of the problem's occurrence in target populations. The verifiable importance of a problem is based on epidemiological data, and the value and appropriate use of an intervention are enhanced through the use of conceptual frameworks for social marketing and behavior change and considerable formative and pilot research. Behavioral impact is assessed through efficacy and effectiveness studies. Thus, the social validity of a behavior-change intervention is established through a number of interactive, a priori steps. This approach to defining social validity is related to critical analysis and intervention issues including individual and population perspectives and "top-down" and "bottom-up" approaches to intervention design. This broader definition of social validity is illustrated by a project to reduce the risk of HIV infection among adolescents. Although the various steps involved in creating socially valid interventions can be complicated, time-consuming, and ratings are the ones more likely to be purposely disseminated and adopted. Interventions with dear evidence ofbehavioral outcome, but with low social validity, may be purposely disseminated but will have a lower probability of being adopted (Stolz, 1981). The last point indicates that social validity is directly related to such broader areas as the dissemination of innovations (Rogers, 1983) and appropriate community technologies (Fawcett, Seekins, Whang, & Muiu, 1984).The early exposition of social validity (Wolf, 1978) was apparently presented as a resolution of the conffict between objective behavioral measures of outcome and more subjective post hoc measures of value, importance, and utility by consumers. It was decided that post hoc subjective consumer measures can be an admissible part of behavior-analytic work because these measures are necessary to refine and validate interventions. This discussion offers a broader perspective of social validity. From our perspective, social validity should be a process using epidemiological data and a series of interactive a priori steps, induding frequent contact with potential users of an intervention and the application of both objective and subjective measures. Thus, we 215 19911 249, [215][216][217][218][219][220][221][222][223][224][225][226][227][228][229][230] NumBER 2 (summER 1991) RICHARD A. WINETT et al. have prepared this discussion artide to (a) broaden the boundaries of social validity, (b) articulate measures and processes involved in assessing social validity, and (c) provide examples of the interactive steps involved in designing, refining, and evaluating a socially valid intervention program. DEFINMION AND BouNDARIEsA socially valid behavior-change intervention ...

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Behavioral and Environmental Interventions for Reducing Motor Vehicle Trauma

Cited by 3 publications

References 31 publications

Establishing and maintaining healthy environments: Toward a social ecology of health promotion.

Establishing and maintaining healthy environments: Toward a social ecology of health promotion.

A framework for health promotion and disease prevention programs.

Extending the Concept of Social Validity: Behavior Analysis for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

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